Пигмалион

(12+) V knigu voshli dve kulʹtovye pʹesy klassika britanskoĭ dramaturgii Bernarda Shou. "Pigmalion" (1912) - alli͡uzii͡a na mif o skulʹptore Pigmalione, kotoryĭ vli͡ubilsi͡a v sobstvennoe tvorenie. Pravda, v pʹese Shou mezhdu glavnoĭ geroineĭ i preobrazivshim ee professorom ne voznikaet romanticheskoĭ istorii. Osnovnai͡a idei͡a pʹesy zakli͡uchaetsi͡a v tom, chto vneshniĭ losk, khoroshie manery, pravilʹnai͡a rechʹ - ėto vse nanosnoe. Pod gruboĭ obolochkoĭ durno vospitannogo, neri͡ashlivogo i negramotnogo cheloveka vpolne mozhet skryvatʹsi͡a tonkai͡a, umnai͡a lichnostʹ, kotorai͡a sumeet preobrazitʹsi͡a pod vlii͡aniem khoroshego obrazovanii͡a. "Dom, gde razbivai͡utsi͡a serdt͡sa" (1917) - tonkai͡a ostroumnai͡a satira na sovremennoe avtoru angliĭskoe burzhuaznoe obshchestvo: tshcheslavnoe, lit͡semernoe, bezrazlichnoe k chuvstvam drugikh. Vyzyvai͡ushchiĭ naibolʹshui͡u simpatii͡u personazh pʹesy - ėto ni͡ani͡a Giness, pytai͡ushchai͡asi͡a v ėtom bezalabernoĭ, absurdnoĭ atmosfere sozdatʹ khotʹ kakoe-to podobie ui͡uta i pori͡adka.

(12+) The book includes two cult plays by Bernard Shaw, a classic of British drama. Pygmalion (1912) is an allusion to the myth of the sculptor Pygmalion, who fell in love with his own creation. However, in Shaw's play, there is no romantic story between the main character and the professor who transformed her. The main idea of the play is that the veneer, good manners, and correct speech are all superficial. Under the rough shell of an ill-mannered, slovenly and illiterate person, there may well be a subtle, intelligent personality that will be able to transform itself under the influence of a good education. "The House where Hearts Break" (1917) is a subtle, witty satire on the author's contemporary English bourgeois society.: vain, hypocritical, indifferent to the feelings of others. The most sympathetic character in the play is Nanny Guinness, who tries to create at least some semblance of comfort and order in this careless, absurd atmosphere.